All posts tagged "women’s history"
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11.7K1MassachusettsHow To Be A Good Puritan Mother
A good Puritan mother loved and cherished her children, but many died young and she was supposed to be stoic about it....
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11.6K6MassachusettsLouisa May Alcott, 10: Child Laborer at the Fruitlands Commune
When she was 10 years old, Louisa May Alcott in 1843 was taken to live at a commune called Fruitlands by her...
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5.9K3MaineSix (And More) Mothers Who Left a Mark on History
Mothers have always had to balance competing demands, and some of those who did it best made history. Mindful that Mother's Day...
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9.2K2MassachusettsMargaret Fuller Dies in a Shipwreck While People Watch
Margaret Fuller, who spent her life protesting injustice, died at the age of 40 in a shipwreck off New York Harbor while...
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11.3K4MaineThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and Nathan Hale are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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5.2K5MassachusettsLydia Chapin Taft – New England’s First Woman Voter
Lydia Chapin Taft was the first woman to legally vote in New England. The year was 1756, and the issue of taxation...
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11.8K1MassachusettsHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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8.9K1ConnecticutPolly Peabody, The Bohemian Blueblood Who Invented the Bra
Inventing the bra was possibly the least interesting thing Polly Peabody did in her life. Born Mary Phelps Jacob, she was called...
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6.3KMassachusettsHepsibeth Hemenway, the Nipmuc Cakemaker of Worcester, Mass.
Hepsibeth Hemenway was a mixed-race laundress and cook who never ventured far from Worcester, Mass., but she fascinates people more than 150...
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11.9K4MaineSix Irish Landmarks in New England
Irish landmarks commemorate the history of Irish immigrants in places you might not expect throughout New England. There’s more to Irish-American history...